New work w talented @Becca_Keogh_PhD@marcusew8 shows that even without visual imagery those w #aphantasia can successfully perform lab-based & clinical visual working memory tasks. But they report different strategies & don't show the #VWM oblique effect sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
We used 4 types of working memory tasks in the lab.
Sep 4, 2021 • 9 tweets • 5 min read
The eyes have it: The pupillary light response as a physiological index of aphantasia, sensory and phenomenological imagery strength. New preprint from the dream team @LachlanKay1612@Becca_Keogh_PhD@thandrillonbiorxiv.org/content/10.110…
The pupil does not only adjust to ambient light, it encodes internal variables and responds to illusory brightness. Here, we show that it also tracks the strength of mental imagery!